Amusement device.



No. 834,055. l PATENTED 0011.23, 190e. o. HENRIGHSEN.

AMUSBMENT DEVICE. BPLIC-TION FILED DEO. .22. 1905.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3,

W/ TNE SSE Sf ATTONE ys e UNITED srA'rEs `PAFIEDVI OFFICE.

OLAF nENRicHsEN. or NEW YORK, N. Y.

AwluslawlraNi DEVICE.

y TozaZZ whom' t mag/'concern dependent objects-such as yachts, boats,or

swimmers-may be individually moved at the surface of a body of waterwith more or less speed through the medium of a motor cbntrolledby theinstrumentality of lung-power or exhalations of lindividualsconstituting players in the game, whereby to afford amusement inthe'forni of a racing ame and at the same-time secure a h sica benefitof the players by reasony o? t clung exercise obtained.

A further purpose vof the invention is to provide rotary supports forthe several ob' Jects or dummies, pneumatically-operated intermediariesfor directing the power to such supports and controlling theirmovements, and blowpipes and connections wheretermediary devices.

IA further purpose of the invention is to provide means whereby anindependent electric motor may be provided for each rotary support todrive the same, all of the motors being vin a main circuit withshunt-circuits -by to supply air tothe pneuinatics of such inbrancliingtherefrom, one shunt-circuit fory each motor, and wherebytheshunt-circuits are made and broken by pneumatically-operated switchesarranged for contact with rheostats, one in each s hunt-circuit.

The invention consists in ythe novel construction and combination 'ofthe several parts, as willbe hereinafter fully set forth and pointedoutinthe claims.

`Reference is to be had to the accoinpanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in Which/similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts `in all the figures'. l

Figure- 1- is aplan view sof-:the improved (ievice. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section through the casing| and a side elevation of the'mechanism contained therein. Fig.- 3 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken practically on the lineg3 3 of Fig. 2, showing themechan-Specification of Letters Patent. `4

Application filed December 22. 1905. Serial No. 292,940.

4terway 1'2 entirely Patented'oct. 23, 1906.

ism in front elevation, the View being drawn upon an enlarged scale.Fig. 4 is a sectional p an View of the device, the section being takenpractically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan viewof a carryingchain driving-wheel and driving-pinion eniployed inconnection therewith and a plan f view of a portion oi the chainoperated by said wheel; and Fig. 6 `is a diagrammatic view illustratinga means rwhereby each object may be controlled by a' motor, the circuitsbeing opened and closed pneumatically,

. and whereby a rheostat is located in the circuit or'each motor.

A represents a tank of any desired size and Shape. Preferably, however,the tank is rectangular, as illustrated.v The tank is adapted to containwater, and is shown as and is preferably supported by suitable legs 10,althcughotlier means of support may be einployed. This tank is open atthe top as fully as possible, and in the central portion of said tank apreferably-elongated representation of an island is supported `apredetermined distance from the sides of the tank and from its ends, thesupports being usually through the medium of standards 11, suitablysecured to the center of the element representing the island and to thebottoni portion ofthe tank, as is shown in Fie' 2,'thereby providing awaaround the aforesaid representation of an island.

At the transverse center of the tank A, near one end, a spindle 13 issecured to the bottom of the tank, its upper end being steadied nyaAsuitable bracket-brace 14, and at a corresponding point at the oppositeend of the said tank a second stationary spindle 15 is pro- 16, as shownin-Fig. 2. Usually these spindlesA 13 and 15 are substantially invertical alinei-nlent with the central end portions of therepresentation of the island. Carryingwheels are supported and mountedto turn loosely upon the spindle 13, the said wheels being shown asthree in number and designated, respectively, as L7, 17, and 17h, and acorresponding number of carrying-wheels 18 of siinilar size aresupported by and mounted to turn upon the spindle 15, the latter wheelsAbeing designated as 1 3, 18, and 1 8". The lic-els of bot-1i series ol17 and ol 1S .are provided with peiiplu-1al teeth 19,'wliich lOO lmay bein the forni of sprocket-teeth, the v sports may be substituted.

said teeth are adapted to enter links of endless chains-- These chainscorrespond 1u number to the number of wheels in each of the said armsare' secured to the bottom portions of the said objects and to thecarrying-chains 20, which serve to support, as well as to carry, thesaid objects. 1t will be understood that some of .the arms 21 are'straight and others are angular. In fact, the contour and arrangement ofthe arms 21 for the -various objects C is such that as their su pporting or carrying chains 2() are revolved the objects or dummies may readilypass each other throughout the entire circuit of the waterway 12 withoutinterfering with each other.

A vertical shaft is provided for each ofthe chain-carrying wheels 17,17, and 17h, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. These shafts extend downthrough the bottom ofthe tank to a point below it, and the shafts are ofdifferent lengths, the shaft 22 extending up tothe wheel 17, the shaft22.1 to the intermediate Wheel 17, and the shaft 22b to the lower wheel17h. Eachshaft carries a pinion, the

' pinion on the shaft 22 being designated as 23,

and it meshes with the teeth of the upper wheel 17, while the pinion 23on the shaft 22 meshes with the teeth-on the wheel 17 and the pinion23'a on the shaft 221 meshes with the teeth of thelower wheel 17 b, asis illus* trated in Figs. 3 4and 5. The shafts are located between theside stretches of the carrying-'chains 20. The lower ends of the shafts22, 22, and 22b are journaled in suit-able bracket-hangers 24, as isshown best in Fig. 2, and each of the said shafts at its lower end isprovided with a pulley, all 'of the pulleys being ofthe same size, thepulley on t-he shaft 22being designated as 25, that on the shaft 22 as25, and that on the shaft 22b as 25h. l Transversely of the vbottom ofthe tank in front of the pulleys of the series of 25 a line- 1 shaft Eis supported by suitable hangers 26,

as is best shown in Fig. 4. This shaft E car,- ries cone-pulleyscorresponding in number to the number of objects employed and to the.number of' shaftsof the series. of 22. The

said cone-pulleys are designated as e, e. and

c2. -Tliese cone-pulleys are loosely mounted on the shaft E, as arelil'zewise ordinaryT \pul-, leys 27, locate-i at the base of the saidconepulleys c, e', and e2. Each of the said conepulleys is provided witha grooved pulley 2S at its contracted end, the pulleys 2S being in-Itegral with the cone-pulleys to which they belong. The pulley 28 of thecone-pulley c is connected, preferably, by a cross-belt 20 with thepulley ou the shaft 22, the pulley 28 of the conepulley e is connectedby a similar belt 29 with the pulley 25 on the shaft 22, while thegrooved pulley 23 of the cone-pulley e2 is connected by a crossed belt29b with the pulley 25b on the shaft 22", as is fully illustrated inFig. 4.l

Parallel with the line-shaft E a drive-shaft F is mounted to turn inhangers 30, secured to the under face of the tank, the drive-shaft Fbeing in front of the line-shaft E. This drive-shaft F is provided witha series of cone- 1wulleys, which are fast on the shaft, and thecone-pulleys on the shaft F correspond in number to the number ofcone-pulleys of the series of c on the line-shaft E, the conepulleyf onthe drive-shaf t being opposit e the pulley c on the line-shaft, thepulley f on the drive-shaft being opposite the pulley c on theline-shaft, and the pulley e on the lineshaft being opposite the pulleyf2 on the drive-shaft, as is shown in Fig. 4, and from.

lthe contracted ends of the conc-pulleys of the series of c faceforward, while the correspondingr ends of the cone-pulleys of the seriesof f face rearward. Belts 31 connect opposing cone-pulleys of the seriesof aand off, as is particularly shown in Fig. 4. Normally these belts 31travel upon the ordinary loose pulleys 27 on the line-shaft E; but whenthe said belts are carried onto the cone-pulleys of the series of c theycause the shafts 22, 22,

land 22", whichever is acted upon, th travel with more-or `less speedaccording to the approach of the beltto the contracted end of thecone-pulley of the series of e over which it may travel. i

The driving-shaft F is provided with a large pulley 32 at its outer orforward end, and this pulleyl 32 is in belt connection 33 with adriving-pulley 34 on the drive-shaft of a motor D, preferably anelectric motor, although any type of. motor may be em loyed. The belts31 are independently an automatically shifted to stop or to start theshafts of the series of 22, which they govern, preferably by means ofthe following mechanism: A series of bellows is employed, which Idenominate pneumatics, 'and the said hellows are designated as G, G',and G2. These bellows, by preference, are given the vertical positionshown in Figs. 2 and 3, being supported beneath the bottom of the-tankwith their nozzle ends 35 pointing downward. These bellows arepreferably arranged in a IOO I'IO

tank, as is shown iny Figs. 2 and 4. A guide faces.

longitudinal row, and eachbellowsvis provided with an arm secured toeach of its side These arms extend some distance above the butts of thebellows. The inner arm of the bellows G is designated as 36 and theouter arm as 36, the inner arm 36 being secured to the` bottom ofthetank and the outer arm 3,6 being free. The corresponding arms of thebellows G are designated as 37 and 37 and those of the bellows G2 as 38and 38, the arm 37 of the bellows G and the arm 38 `of the bellows G2being secured to the bottom of the tank, while the arms 37 and 38l arefree. I In connection with the bellows shifting-rods are employed, andthese shifting-rods aredesignated, respectively, as g, g

l land g2, the shifting-rod g being the shortest and the 'shifting-rodg2 the longest` These rods are arranged in the same horizontal plane oneback of the other. The free bellows-arm 36 -is attached to the inner endof the short arm-37 of the intermediate bellowsG, whilel the inner endof the shifting-rod g2 is attached to the free arm 38 of the forward orouter bellows G2. In order that one shiftingrod shall not interfere withthe other or that any of the bellows-arms shall not interfere with theshifting-rods, the free bellows-arm 36 is carried, for example, indirection of one side of the tank, the free arm of the intermediatebellows is carried verticall upward, while both arms of the forwardellows G2 are carried toward "the opposite side of the 39 is providedfor the short shifting-rod g, and corresponding guides 40 and 40 arerovided for the intermediate shiftin ,-ro g', whileguides 41 and 41a areprovide for the shifting-rod g2, the rods passing loosely through theguides, and the said guides being secured to the bottom of the tank, Aspring 42 is coiled around the shifting-rod g, bearing a ainst thebellows-arm 36 and against t e .guide 39l A corresponding s ring 43 iscoiled around the inner end of tlie intermediate shifting-rod g', havingbearing against the bellows-arm 37 and against the guide 40, while aspring 44 iscoiled around the inner end of the shifting-rod g2, havingbearing against the bellows-arm 38 and against the guide 41 for the saidrod.

The shifting-rod Ag is attached to a shiftin bar 45, ada ted for actionrelative to the-be t 31,\carried y the cone-pulleys e and f, theintermediate shiftin -rod g" is connected with a shifting-bar 45, w ichoperates over the belt 31, adapted to connect the cone-pulleys e and f',while the shifting-rod g2 is connected with a shifting-bar 45h, adapted'for movement over the belt 31, which `connects the cone-pulleys c andj?. The inter ediate shifting-rod g passes looselyl through the as is sown in Fig. 4. and 45 and 45b is provided with downwardlyy.extendingfingersv 46 near each longitudinal edgey adapted to extend down atshifting-bar for the rod g, andthe rod g, havthrou h both of theshifting-bars 45 and 45, Each shifting-bar 45 o posite sides of the belt31, to which the shiftlng-bar belongs, so that as the bellows isinflated and to the extent to which the bellows is inflated theshifting-rod of that bellows will operate the shifting-bar connectedwith said rod to move the belt 31 it o crates to a greater or ylesserextentin direction of the tapered end of the pulley of the series of eover which the belt ma pass, thus giving more or less speed to the ojects operatedfrom said pulley, and,

jas soon as the bellows collapses the sprin on"A the shifting-rod whichwas operated wil re-` turn the shifting-bar carried by said rod to itsnormahpositlon, thus bringin the belt 31,v

operated by said bar, off from t e cone-pulley of the series of e onlwhich it had traveled onto the loose ordinary pulley 27 at the base ofthevsaid cone-pulley, thus stopping the further continued motion of theobject or dummy previously driven. i

Pipes 47, referablyA made of rubber, are:

attached to t e nozzles of the bellowsl G, G',

andG, and each of said pipes 47 is connected with` a branch pipe 49 fromastand-pipe 48, closed at the top and at the bottom, which stand-pipesare suitably sup orted at any desired point outside to the tanl A,preferaby beneath said tank, as is shownI in Fig.. 2. a 1 oc chstand-pipe 48 is provided with a" second branch 50 opposite its branch49, and' each branch 50 is connected with one end of preferably aflexible tube 51, and each tube 5l is connected with a blowpipe H. `Th

blowpipesmay be secured to the tank at any. desired point or points-atan end, for example-or maybe placedsome distance from the tan As manyblowpipes are employed as there are ob'ects or dummies to be moved.Hence three low ipes are shown in the drawings located at t e forwardend of the tank, being supported by props 53 and laterally bracedby'rods 54. The blowpipes may be'of any desired character and may bemade of any suitable material. They may be made in one piece or may bemade with a stationary inner section'52 and an adjustablemouthpiecesection 52, as is shown.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the driving is accomplished through a singlemotor D; butin Fig. 6 I have shown an arrangementwhereby a separateelectric motor is provided as a driving factor for each object or dummyto be' driven, which motors are designated as K, K, and K2. These motorsmay be placed wherever desired, some distance A,from the tank, ifnecessary, and in different -compartments. All of the motors are in amain electric circuit M parallel with eachother, the connections withthe motors being through the medium of branch wires 55. Shunt-circuitsN, N', and N2 branch from the main circuit M, one for each motor, and ineach shunt-circuit' N, N', and N2 a rheostat is located, (designated,respectively, as'O, O, and O2.) i The'. shunt-circuits are opened andclosed by switches,y (designated, respectively, as 56, 56, and 56",)which switches are pivloted'and are inthe main circuit and are arrangedfor movement to and from the rlieostats, so that the motor by increasingor decreasing the resistance may be made to move fast or slow. Thedriving-pulley 57 of cach motor in the series of K has a belt connectionwith one or the other of the pulleys ol' the ,series off25 on Atheshafts of the series of '22. The switches are pneuniatically operatedthrough the 'medium of blowpipes connected with tubes 58 and by pivotinga plunger-rod 59 to the outer end of each switch, which plunger-rodoperates in the inner end oi the. tube 58 designed for the particularswitch.l The said 'plunger-rod is normally drawn outward by inea-ns of aspring 60, located in the tube, having one end, vfor example, secured tothe inner end of the tube and the other end tothe outer portion of thepluiiger-rod.

Each spring 60 acts normally to keep the' switches of the series 56open, as shown iii Fig. 6. However, when a player blows into a blowpipethe air entering the tube 58 forces the plunger-rod out 'ard against the'resistance of its spring 60 and carries the particular switch connectedwith that particular rod to an engagement with the rheostat with whichit is to engage and iii proportion to the pressure of air to which theplunger-rod 59 is subjected will be the movement of the switch connectedwith said rod to one or the other of the loops in the rlieostat andcorre-- spondingly will the motor in that shunt-circuit be driven slowlyat a moderate rate of speed or fast and the object operated troni -saidmotor be made to move at a proportionate speed.

I desire it to be understood that the belts for the carrying-wheels maybe plain belts instead of chain belts, as shown, andv that the belts forthe pulleys, particularly the conepulleys, are by preference made ofelastic material. t

t Having thusA described my invention, l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- j l. In an amusement device, a support, op-

posing and corresponding series of carryingwheels mounted to revolveupon said support, belts passed around and driven by the said Wheels,arms connected with and extending from the belts, objects'or dummiessupported by said ',arms, pneumatically-controlled means forindividually bringing into action any set of belt-connectedcarryingwheels, a motor, and connections between the motor and saidmeans.

2. In an. amusement device., a support, op-

posing and corresponding series ol carrj ing- *nig carryiiig-wheels ofthe series, arms connected with the said belts, objects or dummiescarried b v said arms, individual driving-- gearing for individualcai'eviiig-wliccls of a series, a line shaft, conepulleys looselymounted on the said line-shaft, connections between individualcone-'pulleys and individual driving-gears for the carrying-wliccls, adrive-shaft, conc-pulleys secured on the said drive-shaft, reverscl)`placed to those ontlic line-shaft, but corresponding in position andnumber, driving-belts connect ing corresponding pulleys on the said lini and drive shafts, a motoi for driving the drive-shaft, andpneumatically-operatcd shifting dexfices for the belts.

el. ln an amusement device, a support'` opposing aiid correspondingseries of carryingwheels mounted to revolve upon said support,earrviiig-belts driven from correspond ing carrying-wheels of thcseries, arins connectcd with said belts, objects oi dunnnics carried b vthe said arms, individual drivingshaf'ts for the carrying-wheels of aseries, driving connections between the shafts and the saidcarrying-wheels, a line-shaft,cone-- pulleys loosely mounted on the saidlineshaft, .regular pulleys likewise loosely mounted on the line-shaftadjacent to the base of the cone-pulleys, belt connections between eachof said cone-pulleys at the tapered end thereof and one of thedrive-shafts for the carrying-wheels, a main drive-shaft parallel withthe line-shaft, cone-pulleys secured to 4the niain drive-shaft, beingrcvcrsely placed to the cone-pulleys on the line-shaft but otherwisecorresponding in number and position thereto, a driving-belt for eachloosely- -mounted cone-pulley and corresponding fast cone-pulley, amotor, connections between thcinotor and the main drive-shaft, shiftingdevices for the belts on the conc-pulleys, individual pneuinatics'operatively connected vwith individual shifting devices, individualILM) IIO

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blowpi es, and connections Abetween individual lowpipes and individualpneumatics.

5. In an amusement device, a support, a shaft iiXed on said support, aseries of individual toothed wheels mounted to turn on the said shaft,individualobjects or dummies, 'and means for revolving said objects bythe revolution of the said wheels, individ- .ual shafts for theindividual wheels, a pinion on each of the said shafts, engagin one witheach of the said wheels, a line-sha? t, a series vof cone-pulleyslooselymounted on said shaft, corresponding in number to the number ofshafts for the wheels, each cone-pulley being provided with an integralpulley at its tapered end, ordinary pulleys loosely mounted on the saidline-shaft at the base of the cone- 'ley at its tapered end, ordinarypul pulleys, belt connections between integral pulleys on thecone-pulleys and the said shafts fonthe carrying-wheels, a maindriveshaft parallel with the line-shaft, cone-pulleys secured to thedrive-shaft, reverselyl placed to thoseon lthe line-shaft but otherwisccorresponding .in number and osition, belts connecting' opposing coneuleys on the lparallel shafts, means for riving the drive-shaft, a seriesof shifting devices correspending in number to the number of belts onthe cone-pulleys and ada ted for engagement with said belts to move t esame on said pulleys, a series of pneumatics corresponding in number tothe number of shifting devices, tension-controlled connections betweenthe said pneumatics and the said Shifters, an -individual blowpipe foreach pneumatic, and connections between the pneumatics and theblowpipes.

6. In an amusement device, the combination with a tank adapted tocontain. a fluid, iixed'alining shafts secured `to the said tank,toothed vwheels loosely i'nountcd upon the said fixed shafts, the wheelson the shafts corresponding in number and" position, car-- ryingbeltsengaging with corrcsponi'li'ng wheels on the said alining shafts, 4armsattached to the said belts and extending therefrom, objects or dummiessupported by the said arms, a series of driving-shafts adjacent to oneseries of wheels, and a pinion on each shaft, the pinions being inengagement one with each of said wheels ad j accnt to the sh att, of aline-shaft located below the tank, concpulleys loosely mounted on thesaid' lineshaft, each con e-pulley having a grooved puleys looselymounted on the said line-shaft adjacent to the base of the cone-pulleys,belt connections between each of the grooved pulleys and. bnc ofthedriving-shafts for the said toothed wheels, a drive-shaft parallelv withthe line-shaft, cone-jnilleys seciu'ed on the said drive-shaf t,reversely placedto those on `the line-shaft but otherwise correspmld ingin number and position thereto, belts connecttion with a tank adaptedftocontain a fluid,

fixed alining shafts secured to the said tank,

toothed wheels loosely mounted upon the said fixed shafts, the Wheels onthe shafts corresponding in number and position, carryingbelts engagingwith corresponding wheels on the said -alining shafts, arms attached tothe said belts and extending therefrom, objects or dummies sup orted bythe said arms, a series of driving-s afts adjacent to one series ofwheels, and a pinion on each shaft, the pinions being in engagement onewith each of said wheels adjacent to the shaft, oia line-shaft locatedbelow the tank, cone-pulleys loosely mounted on thesaid lineshaft, eachcone-pulley having a grooved ulley at its tapered end, ordinary ul eysloosely'mounted on the said line-sha t adjacent to the base ofthecone-pulleys, belt connections between each of the grooved pulleys andone of the drive-shafts for the said toothed wheels, a drive-shaftparallel with the line-shaft, cone-pulleys secured on the saiddrive-shaft, reversely placed to those on the line-shaft but otherwisecorresponding in number and position thereto, belts connecting opposingcone-pulleys, a motor having driving connection with the drive-shaft, ashifting-bar for each of the belts carried by the cone-pulleys, ashifting-rod connected with cach. shifting-bar, guides for the same andsprings carried by the said rods, which springs are placed under tensionwhen the shifting-bars are carried into action, a bellows for eachshifting-rod, having arms connected one with a rod and the other with asupport, a blowpipe for each bellows, and a connection between cachplowpipe and the bellows to which it belongs.

8. ln an amusement device, the combina- IOO IIO

tion with a series oi drive-shafts, a corresponding number of electricmotors, each in belt connection with the drive-shaft, a main circuit, ashunt -circuit for each motor, branched from the main circuit, avrheostat located in each of the shunt-circuits, a switch for cachshunt-circuit capable of movement to and from the rheostat ofsuchshunt-circuit, blowpipes, a spring-cditrolled plunger in each blowpipe,a pivotal connection between the plunger of each blowpipe and each ofthe said switches, the springs operating the plungcrs in a manner tonormally keep the shunt-circuits open, said circuits being closed onlyby air forced into the blowpipes and operating on the plungers therein.

9. 1n an amusen'ient device, a casing, opliposing and correspondingseries of whees mounted to revolve in said easing, belts In testimony.whereof I have signed my passed around and driven by the said Wheels,name to this speeiieation in the presence of 1o aimseolneeting' with andextending fon I two subscribing witnesses.

t e said e ts, ob'ects or dummies su orte 1 .T Y Y T by said arms,melans for bringing intgoton 5 OLAF Uhh RICHSEB' any set ofbelt-connected carrying-wheels, a i Ntnessesz motor, and connectionsbetween the motor i J. FRED ACKER, and said means. i JNO. M. RlTTER.

